Acts 27:18; Acts 27:19; Hebrews 12:1; Job 2:4; Jonah 1:5; Matthew 16:26; Matthew 6:25
They lightened the ship - By casting the wheat into the sea. As they had no hope of saving the cargo, and had no further use for it, they hoped t...
Landing on Malta. Adria was not then what is now called the Adriatic, but was a general name for the sea between Malta, Italy, Greece, and Crete. Af...
when, &c . Having been satisfied (Greek. korennumi. Only here and 1 Corinthians 4:8 ) with food (Greek. trophe, as in Acts 27:33 ). ligh...
− 38. And when they had eaten enough. This circumstance doth show that they were at length moved with Paul’s words. It was not yet light, th...
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. They lightened the ship - They hoped that, by casting o...
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. And when they had eaten enough, they lightened...
The Voyage and Shipwreck Acts 27:1 to Acts 28:16 . The Journey to Rome. This narrative is the most detailed account of an ancient voyage which...
And when they had eaten enough... — More accurately, when they were filled with food. The words describe a full and hearty meal. The first effect...
Saving Paul Saved Them All Acts 27:35-44 The sailors endeavored to head the vessel toward the mouth of a creek that appeared before them, but s...
The study of Paul's last voyage reveals some apparently contradictory facts, and yet common in the experience of the saints. On the one hand, difficu...
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country...
And when they had eaten enough ,....] Were satisfied, having eaten a full meal: they lightened the ship ; of its burden, that it might the better...
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. Ver. 38. Cast out the wheat ] Fastidientes divinum...
While the day was coming on Before they had light sufficient to discern what they should do; Paul besought them all to take meat To take some ref...
The journey to Rome has been seen as a striking picture of the history of the church publicly in its earlier years, with its rapid decline and eventu...
Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the...
Cast out the wheat, the provision they had for their sustenance. This is the third time that they lightened the ship, being willing that all their...
A Series of Maritime Stages and Examples of Prophecy ( Acts 27:10 ; Acts 27:21-26 ) On The Way To Rome (27.l-26). This series of ‘maritime stages...
‘And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.' Then when all had eaten sufficient, they lightened t...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 27:38 . They lightened the ship .—For the third time (see Acts 27:18-19 ). Either because of its sinking condition, or be...
Paul had advised the captain not to set sail for a while, Acts 27:11-13 . Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship...
Acts 27:2 . Adramyttium, a town of Egypt, at the eastern mouth of the Nile; also a town of Mysia of the same name, where the ship touched. One A...
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes. Precautions 1. By casting off the boat--the apparent means of safety--true safety in this case was secured...
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship. Food and work What is the use of gaining strength by eating, unless we are to put our...
EXPOSITION Acts 27:1 For, for into, A.V.; to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan band for unto one named Julius, a centurion of A...
Paul again encourages his shipmates:
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. That the events of the last two weeks, the terrible...
Casting out the wheat — So firmly did they now depend on what St. Paul had said.
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.